ބޯސްމާނު

Dhivehi

Etymology

Borrowed from English boatswain or Dutch bootsman

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boːs̺.maː.n̪u/, [boːs̺.maː.n̪u]
• Hyphenation: ބޯސް‧މާ‧ނު

Noun

ބޯސްމާނު • (bōsmānu) (plural ބޯސްމާނުތައް (bōsmānutak̊))

1. boatswain

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބޯސްމާނު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 36